Using early-morning takeoff and landing slots, low-cost carrier Peach Aviation plans to offer flights between Haneda and Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport, starting Aug. 8. That would make the ANA Holdings-affiliated airline the first domestic LCC to fly out of Haneda.

The move comes as Japan is encouraging more effective use of Haneda’s somewhat restrictive departure and arrival slots between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. While Tokyo’s main international hub, Narita airport in rural Chiba prefecture, has banned operations between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., the more centrally-located Haneda has no such limitations.

“Having the Haneda and Narita airports as our wings, we hope to further shorten the distance between Tokyo and other Asian nations,” Peach Aviation’s chief executive Shinichi Inoue said at a news conference Thursday.

Peach is especially targeting female travelers in their 20s and 30s as well as retired seniors, Mr. Inoue said.

He added that he is confident that there is also strong demand from Taiwan. He said, for example, some Taiwanese women even use Peach’s Okinawa-Taipei flight just to get their hair done by a Japanese beautician.

Helped by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policy of boosting tourism numbers, the number of tourists from Taiwan jumped 20.5% on year last month, the highest for the month of May.